Tod Browning

Tod Browning

American film actor and director (1880–1962)

Tod Browning was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of various genres between 1915 and 1939, but was primarily known for horror films. Some film writers have referred to Browning as "the Edgar Allan Poe of cinema".

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 34 films (1916–1939) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 28 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1916 Intolerance Museum of Modern Art 191 mi 16mm Color silent
1916 Intolerance D. W. Griffith 197 min B&W
1916 Intolerance. David Wark Griffith 13 reels 16mm B&W silent
1916 Sunshine Dad Fine Arts Films Inc 17:12 16mm B&W sound
1916 The Fatal glass of beer Tod Browning 20 min B&W
1916 The Mystery of the Leaping Fish ▶ Keystone Film Company 0:36:00 16mm B&W silent
1917 Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp Tod Browning 50 min B&W
1918 Revenge Tod Browning
1918 THE BRAZEN BEAUTY. Bluebird Photoplays Inc. 5 reels B&W
1919 BONNIE, BONNIE LASSIE. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Inc. 6 reels B&W
1919 The Mother and the Law D.W. Griffith 95 min 16mm B&W silent
1921 Outside The Law Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 9 reels 16mm B&W sound
1922 THE WISE KID. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Inc. 5 reels B&W
1923 DRIFTING. Universal Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1923 THE DAY OF FAITH. Goldwyn Picture Corp. 7 reels B&W
1923 WHITE TIGER. Universal Pictures Corp. 7 reels 16mm B&W silent
1924 SILK STOCKING SAL. R-C Pictures Corp. 5 reels B&W
1924 THE DANGEROUS FLIRT. R-C Pictures Corp. 6 reels B&W
1925 DOLLAR DOWN. Truart Film Corp. B&W
1926 The Blackbird McGraw-Hill Films 800 ft. B&W
1926 The Road to Mandalay Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 0:47:00 16mm B&W silent
1926 The road to Mandalay. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 7 reels 16mm B&W silent
1927 The Unknown Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 0:57:00 16mm B&W silent
1928 The Big City Tod Browning 12 min 16mm B&W Sound
1928 The big city. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels 16mm B&W sound
1928 West of Zanzibar Tod Browning 65 min B&W
1929 The Thirteenth Chair Tod Browning B&W
1929 Where East is East Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:05:00 16mm B&W silent
1930 Outside the Law Tod Browning 79 min B&W
1931 Dracula (excerpts) Universal International Pictures; directed by Tod Browning. 5 16mm B&W sound
1932 Freaks Tod Browning 64 B&W
1935 Mark of the Vampire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:00:00 16mm B&W sound
1936 The Devil Doll Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:19:00 16mm B&W sound
1939 MIRACLES FOR SALE. Loew's Inc. 8 reels B&W